ee SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Legion member Harold Ackney is seen distributing Pop- pies in downtown Castlegar. Please take time to remember on November 11. A memorial service will be held that day near the: Cenotaph at Kinsmen park (weather.permitting). Legion officials expect the'service to begin around 10:45 a.m.. Plan to attendl! Nea rt a Surveys Continued from VAG cuted beer, wine and liquor: However | beer and liquor by senior high’ school students become more habitual at a higher fre- Although, 10.2 per. cent of-total students surveyed’ said Cocaine’ is easy to get a hold of, the cost of The i dent ‘says he Terry Wayli schoo! officials with some volu- able: Ih this illicit drug might to g; feels that « omplet- ;- : ing the survey has ‘provided FH noth ; “plans to meet with principals from each school in the district in order to discuss ways in which (o make use of the survey informa- quency. . Compared to the national pride survey, marijuana usage locally is over three. per .cent higher. Board. . members. however, still : found the results REPORTED DRUG USAGE Have used within past 12 months (%) [8 1 Average © School District #9 (Grades 6 - 12) tion. “Of course we are going to continue with our pro- grams and our classes regarding the effects and hazards of drug use, | but , Wednesday, November 6, 1991 The Castlegar Sun | Radon gas detectors part of collecting . and planning stage by Ministry of Health ‘’ BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff y ¥ Radon gas detectors were ~ placed in Castlegar schools carly @ in September, as part of a pilot study being conducted by the ‘Ministry of Health. maybe there is marijuana usage quite low and they expressed con- cerns about the survey’s , accuracy, ' “As a counsellor, it is my perception that marijuana use is high in the West Cigarettes more that we could be doing. I believe the community must become more involved—that is parents, uncles, aunts and grandpar- ents of these kids.” Drug awareness week is Kootenay area, I might have expected these figures to. be higher,” said O'Brien, who stated that the survey did not.take in account those students who have already dropped out. due ;to alco- hol and drug problems. a Reform a its low usage. “The kids say. it’s available, yet we see low usage. That might tell us that these kids are making choices,”. said O'Brien. - School district superintendent scheduled to take place 17-23. ing ing was “Drug and alcohol abuse is»: always a great concem for us, this survey confirms what we already, : : knew. id It's. out) .there,” Wayling. “i Anyone interested in finidng more details about the study or the Task Force can contact com- munity services. ih lly, we did a study of radon levels in homes in Castle- gar and other cities throughout B.C,,” said Dave Morley, radia- tion health scientist for the Min- istry of Health in Victoria. “We found k to have i in the area, The gas sceps in through the basements of homes and other tdi low levels while those in Castle- gar were somewhat elevated.” Radon gas is a result of the natural decay of uranium deposits in the ground. According to Mor- ley, levels in Castlegar tend to be higher because of the course soil “The course soil allows it to travel fast,” he said. “If the soil in your area was mainly clay, the gas wouldn't come to the surface as easily, Morley said the results from the pilot tests of levels in schools of both cities would give the min- istry an average for schools throughout the province, “The United States’ Environ- mental Protection Agency (USEPA) did studies in schools throughout the U.S.,” he said. The USEPA found elevated levels of radon gas in a certain portion of U.S. classrooms, “We' te just trying to collect ry data,” expl: Mor- Continued from 1A “ party’s national office - -and local such as Ke constituency associations across “We do not believe i in running : Canada, senior ‘West-Revelstoke Personal contributions from representatives elected by the & Theatre. area teer canvassers will’: fundraising campaign: before it sees this week. over and the:volun-~: costs * or ‘an: ‘porrowed money,"” *-she said. Ian Todd, the Reform party’ 's British C “will be in attendance at the ig, which is d to - The Reform party’ SK : annual, general meeting will.be held in:Castl it a-later, date. be held at the Recreation Com- lex. Continued from 1A lates to between $2 1/4 to $3 million for the planned-450. ‘Seat A:-delegation approached Castlegar City ¢ Council‘at afte SHARLENE IMHOFF Stn Editor The cliché ‘It's a small: world’ -holds. definite merit for one Castlegar couple, who received a past: Gard this weekends ich travelled all the way from the “Galapagos Islands— by hand-:. “Golin and Margarette*Price réceived ‘the post card Saturday, after it was first-dropped-into yor laughter Paula, who was e: bark- gon a tour throughout Bolivia and Equidor. i ‘Barrel mail is referred to; mail Simply dropped} in a large is‘picked up not by the postman, but-by any tourist in the area, who may: be travelling to the same‘area which has been marked on. the | post card. The tradition began many years ago when sailors 4 would dock on the island. cy would check the mail and deliver personally whatever pieces i \eon- tained addresses in their Fespec- tive countries, } Not too long after. ‘Paula dropped thé post card in ithe! bar- rel, confident that it’ would one day reach her.parents in Castle- gar, an Italian fellow, who.4 was en zoute to Canada picked uy) post card. The Italian had visited Canada previously and had made friends, so he knew he could drop the: post- card off when he retumed lat: After travelling back to gq da, he gave the post card acquaintance he had met in Bum- aby. The acquaintance happened to be the sister of Cindy Dacusta, who lives in Thrums.. Cindy and her husband Ferman. do, were then ‘given the post:card when they travelled to Burnaby* for Thanksgiving. Upon returning to Thrums, they Presented the well-travelled October 21 meeting. As‘of yet, there has been no word as to whether the proposed site: will ou, the Society would start a fairly rigorous campaign, looking for support of interest groups, com- munity. involvement and ‘corpo- > rate, funding. oa8 SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharfene Imhoff A nice way to meet! Sitting (I-r): Colin Price and his wife Margarette, Cindy Dacusta and her husband Fernando. Sitting on her mother's lap is Emma. The two families - met each other after the Dacustas' delivered a postcard to the Prices' by hand, keep- ing alive an old sailors’ tradition which began in the Galapagos Islands. post card to its intended Ironically, Cindy Dacusta and Colin and Price. 2 “My sister could have easily mailed the post card to me and then I could have just as casily mailed it to the Price household. But we wanted to be part of ing that was so ‘We wanted to be part of this hand- to-hand delivery which first start- ed on the Galapagos Islands,” said Cindy. Margarette and Colin were equally enthused by the way this parpoula piece of mail was deliv- wor think it’s a wonderful way to deliver the mail— there's so much more originality and story to it,” said Margarete. Pesticide contractor will not use controversial chemicals TRAIL TIMES A’ pesticide contractor has applied for a permit to use anum- ber of chemicals including 2, 4-D to control vegetation along area highways. but has no it ion of ° the: Ki dary’ and Castlegar areas and intends to begin work in the spring. 5 : After hearing concerns from “the board about spraying near wells-and services water system, « said'p using ‘the controversial chemical, ‘he has told local politi applica- : tions are tightly regulated by the "One of the things you learn when applying for permits is that’ you apply for everything you can get in case you need it,” Eric Boultbee told the. Regional Dis- trict of Kootenay Boundary, board of directors. “We don't intend to use it and we would have: fio Spray- ing is not “allowed within munici- pal boundaries or within 10 metres of water courses. In some cases a larger. buffer area around © ‘water sources is required by regu- ‘not ot about to spray pes- herbicides in front, of roblem dropping it off the spp : opie : " “does; not, want spraying near their * 'property, can notify.us.”. ‘Asked about. alt said in some areas such as adjacent; to rock cuts, guard rails and signage, pesticides are the only “means that are viable : and practical to control vegeta- tion.” He added that mowers con- : tribute to fires through the build | up of dry mulch and can start them. when the blades hits methl objects, ‘. "There were'two fires in the Okanagan last year started when : mowers picked up pieces of wire, - got them'red:hot and then flung | them into the bush.” . His company: has: spent | $42,000 building a prototype of a * propane-burning unit for control-. ling weeds, but fire concerns*: restrict its usc. Asked about using ‘steam, Boultbee said “CPR has’ Of weed control such as mowing, spent b p dollars on that to. “< prove itis not af Pesca. aA Boultbee acknowledged there are some less than careful appli-. cators in the business, but said his firm has operated for 36 years without ever having been cited for a violation. s ‘Area B director Joey Tatangelo said people in the arca have worked long and hard to prevent the use_of pesticides by the CPR. He pointed out that large stretch- es of Highway 3B nin with a few feet of rivers and crecks that serve as community water sources. , ‘ in “We are very far removed from the type of, spraying the CPR does,” said Boultbee. ‘The compa- ny has. availed ‘itself of the many ears of research done by the fed-. >,,eral. agriculture, station in. Sum-.. Price knew each other professionally. Margarette, who is a physiotherapist, had been work- ing with Cindy's young daughter “One day I just asked her. Do you have a daughter named Paula, who is visiting the Galapagos Islands,” laughed Cindy. “She was quite surprised when I told her about the post card, and even more so when I explained how I had received it.” Although the post card is dated August 21, and it wasn’t delivered to it's final home until November 2, the very fact that no postage was ever required for this piece of mail to travel all the way around the world is nothing short of amazing. “T like the idea of being a part of this chain of delivery. I guess it is a small world after all,” fin- ished Cindy. _ WEATHER OF OCTOBER 1991 ” Atridge of high pressure dominated the pattern through most of the month.. this kept the circulation quite dry with only three days recording a total of 9 mm. of precipitation. This Is well below the average of 51.6 mm. but Is not a record. Daily temperatures are a different story. there were 19 new set b daily im, mi and means. 12 of these are new record warm temperatures starting on the first then the trend was feversed for the last 10 days resulting in'7 record lows. There were’ 45 hours of above average sunshine record- ed while wind speeds, were normal. “Temperature High. .. This : Year Date’ . Record Day i 25.5... Low - Precipitation Rain ©: : Snow,” Total Precip. 9.5 ~ 9.0, _trace ‘9.0 academic excellence, Second row (I- The following Woodland Park schoo! students racsived ‘special merit awards for itizenship, listening, co-operation and creativity. Top row (I-r): Mandy Parks, Glen Martin, Elaine Miller, Nada Grbich and Garett White. Louise.Miller, Troy Hamelin, Tara Kina and Marty Cristofoli. Bottowm row (I-r): Joey Martin, Maralee pels Casey Haines and Jenna Zavaduk. Way to go sigell ley. “If we : find there are only low levels of radon in the schools— that'll be the end of the story. “However, if the values are elevated, we'll determine the cause and correct it. It’s simple and inexpensive to fix.” Superintendent of School Dis- trict #9 Castlegar, Terry Wayling, said the tests are only part of a data collecting and planning stage, “We're not sure where we'll go from here until the Ministry of Health comes back in six months and they make their judgements.” ; Radon gas has been linked to Tung cancer, the B.C. Cancer Soci- ety attributes 90 per cent of cases to smoking and 10 per cent to radon. University of British Columbia Toxicologist Dr. Chris Van Netten says those who smoke are at a higher risk of being | affected by radon. WEATHER OUTLOOK: The forecast for Wednesday; Mainly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers. High temperatures near 5. Thursday and Friday calls for a Pacific ‘dis: L— turbance to spread further clouds and ‘eréaipiation across our region. Rain: should prevail in the valleys, while moderate ‘snowfalls likely over the mountains.: |: ‘A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST WEEK: Temperature: Max/Date Min/Date Mean - : Normal Mean 34/1. -12.1/2 24 4.5 Normal Total Precipitation: Rain o ‘Snow Total Omm. 9.8 em.) 9.8'cm. 15.4 mm. Sunshine: Number of Hours 23.4 oN mal Number _ of ‘Hours 16.2007 REMARKS: Very cold temiperatures were: “experienced this week as a dry, Arctic alrmass: settled over the region. A Pacific disturbance flowing over this cold air- mass Pi oid: the first” major” ‘st jowfall. of the season Forecast provided by Th E “at ‘Castlegar, ‘B.C. Hi iar a under ee JIM ZEEBEN SHARLENE IMHOFF_ Sun Editor concerning health and other inter- ests of local seniors were A new organization in Castle- igar-whos¢, main “objective is to become a credible voice for local seniors is taking direct action and turing up results. The Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Action Commit- tee, formed Jast June, will pro- vide seniors with a credible community voice and increase community and seniors’ aware- ness of what is available to seniors in our area. They will also identify seniors’ and d by health cate workers issued by the Castlegar and Dis- trict Senior Citizens Action Com- mittee, health concerns share ~ and senior Ives , during a Seniors Health Survey, which was conducted during the - summer of 1990. in the minds of our seniors with financial worries and housing concerns. The lack of adequate public transportation, A grant was d from the Ministry of Health, Seniors Resources and Research, Seniors Health Network which aided in p ly for the lying areas, is also a serious concern. For those seniors who.cannot drive, the inability to get out into the y leads to feeli of carrying out the survey hich proved to be very successful. isolation, “loneliness and often For those seniors The survey d what many people in our i iorating health, who work in health and in health care ies had already under- needs, while researching ways and means of mitigating these concems, enhancing existing ser- vices and programs, and investi- gating and developing new ones. Elma Maund, who is new-to the Castlegar area, has been hired to coordinate the activities of the c A Aa consultant, she has been involved 5 since 1985 in health and other ’ issues of concern to seniors throughout Australia and the | South Pacific, “Many seniors don’t realize what's available to them, let alone what's missing in their "lives. We feel we can assist seniors in this respect,” said Maund. Forming the Seniors Action Committee began after questions The Castlegar Sun colouring contest drew many entries but it was up to our judges to pick the top eight. It was a tough job. ‘We would like to congratulate all the kids who entered and thank them for participating. Here are the winners: stood. That is, there are many seniors in our midst who have very real p the single most frightening aspect facing them is that forthcoming move into a different housing sit- uation, whatever style that might be. Seni are beginning to and many of which could easily be alleviated or even removed. The Seniors Action Committee have cited a number of issues which are relevant to seniors. Although Castlegar is fortunate to have some of the h demand that our housing profes- sionals look seriously at the hous- ing options for them, with the view to innovation in designs that really meet the needs of seniors. Why is it for example, that seniors th are rarely con- seniors in British Columbia, the statistics show that not all seniors enjoy a positive lifestyle. For those who do have health, and other problems, changes are underway. Investigations con- ducted in Castlegar during 1990- 91 have indicated that local seniors have many of the con- cerns which plague seniors in other areas of the province. According to a news release 2nd Prize winner Rhiannon Davis, 9 Receives a $35 gift certificate from Mackeods. sulted about design features? The release also states that seniors are deeply concerned about their input into issues affecting their community and wish to continue their personal growth and development. If citi- zens are to be encouraged to plan sooner for their senior years, to maintain their healthy lifestyle, to Sea SENIORS SSCS - 3rd Prize winner Alycia Lakevold, 5 3/4 Receives 4 free video rentals from Valley Video. Sun‘staff 6 5 ‘became Don’ , BPYA.co, out of Vancouver. « motor inn’s majority share holders. ¢ Evan Shaw, the hotel's general ‘Lemeke of A Castlegar landmark is under new ownership but no: major changes are planned for ‘the spore *s future. : On October 15 the' Hi “Arrow - rs Elma Maund (standing) and Elste Miller Cee eeee soo sserevssaseosooeesecooooeseoooressoareo sec oo cose ses—e Coe Sesser Halloween colouring contest winners .All the Honourable mentions receive a $5.00 gift certificate from the Castlegar Bookshop. ‘Congratulations’ v | n : “ce, aManger, is-the.other ro-owner. - “T've been in the hote d “One of the e principe owners restaurant. business ‘for’ most ‘o: : my life ,” he said. “And I worked for a major brewery.” - The previous owner ‘was: “The sale-was a private deal arranged by the.two sides. The hotel was originaliy built in 1964 and the new owner, says there’s.no plan to change the name. : “I don’t mind the name,” he errrowsf bapacaeaie abi hah -BPYA was operated by invest- ment partners in Canada and the Far East. The owners wouldn't reveal a jprice_ for the, purchase, but: Lém- cke said the didn’t think two mil- lion’ would be enough’ for another “We hav ‘ho plans on selling anything,” said Lemcke. The current hotel suffers from a poor occupancy rate but, according to Lemcke, the pub, lounge, and restaurant help to keep the books operating in the black. The Hi-Arrow also houses the only beer and wine store in Castlegar. “There’s a great potential here, said the new’ owner, “We et the room business ions are S mmathing :. both, Lemicke-and.Shaw have dis- cassed ‘but nothing. i is in the fore- , Seeable future, “The sign on:the roof was re- painted just ‘last month,” said . Shaw. “Though we had that planned when we got here in See SOLD Honourable mention Desiree LePage, 8 1/2 Honourable m mention’ jonourable thenuun ‘Kristal.Read, 7 °> Katrina Tassone, 6 he Pa Es Honourable mention Sean Porter, 9 \ " Honourable mention Christina Dickson, 9